Natural Gas Pipeline proponents begin fieldwork.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY

Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline began fieldwork earlier this summer, and pipeline partners planned to spend about $40 million on the 2008 efforts. The project operators opened the first field office in Tok in June. About 60 people were expected to handle the research, which included cultural resource identification and research; hydrology studies, including stream and fiver crossings; soil and air monitoring; and aerial photography and mapping...